Fordow enrichment facility

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The Fordow enrichment facility is a heavily fortified Iranian underground nuclear site used for uranium enrichment and central to international concerns over Iran’s nuclear program.

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instanceOf nuclear facility ⓘ
uranium enrichment facility ⓘ
abbreviation FFEP ⓘ
alternativeName Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant ⓘ
associatedWithProgram Iranian nuclear program ⓘ
builtUnderground true ⓘ
constructionStart around 2006 ⓘ
controversy suspicions of potential military nuclear dimensions ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
designedCapacityDescription thousands of centrifuges ⓘ
designedFor housing gas centrifuges ⓘ
disclosedBy France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
distanceFromQom approximately 30 kilometers ⓘ
enrichmentLevelHistory up to 20 percent U-235 before JCPOA ⓘ
enrichmentLevelPostJCPOA limited to low-enriched uranium under JCPOA ⓘ
facilityType underground complex ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance key point of contention in Iran–Western relations ⓘ
hasCentrifugeHalls true ⓘ
heavilyFortified true ⓘ
IAEAStatus safeguarded facility ⓘ
JCPOARole conversion to research and isotope production under JCPOA ⓘ
locatedIn Iran ⓘ
Qom Province ⓘ
near Fordow village ⓘ
near the city of Qom ⓘ
monitoredBy International Atomic Energy Agency ⓘ
nearMilitaryInstallations true ⓘ
operator Atomic Energy Organization of Iran ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Iran ⓘ
primaryFunction uranium enrichment ⓘ
publicRevelationDate 2009 ⓘ
reasonForFortification protection against airstrikes ⓘ
regulator Atomic Energy Organization of Iran ⓘ
relatedSanctions EU sanctions on Iran ⓘ
UN sanctions on Iran ⓘ
US sanctions on Iran ⓘ
relatedToAgreement Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ⓘ
securityLevel high security ⓘ
strategicImportance high ⓘ
subjectOf International Atomic Energy Agency inspections ⓘ
P5+1 nuclear negotiations with Iran ⓘ
United Nations Security Council discussions ⓘ
international concern over Iran’s nuclear program ⓘ
media reports on secret Iranian nuclear sites ⓘ
underSafeguardsAgreement Iran–IAEA safeguards agreement ⓘ

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Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action → restrictsFacility → Fordow enrichment facility ⓘ
Natanz enrichment facility → relatedTo → Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant ⓘ
linked to: Fordow enrichment facility
Annex I – Nuclear-related measures → regulatesFacility → Fordow facility ⓘ
linked to: Fordow enrichment facility
Fordow enrichment facility → alternativeName → Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant ⓘ
linked to: Fordow enrichment facility
Iran nuclear program → includesFacility → Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant ⓘ
linked to: Fordow enrichment facility